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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY |
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POLLUTION
PREVENTION, WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING PROJECTS (CY 2004) TRACKING SYSTEM |
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WASTE DESCRIPTION |
TYPE OF
PROJECT |
POUNDS
REDUCED, REUSED, RECYCLED OR CONSERVED IN 2004 |
WASTE TYPE |
POTENTIAL COSTS FOR
TREATMENT & DISPOSAL |
COST OF
RECYCLE, PREVENTION |
ESTIMATED
COST SAVINGS |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION DETAILS
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Automotive Waste |
Substitution |
510 |
Hazardous
Waste |
$1,020 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
Aqueous Solvent Brake Cleaner Recycling System |
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Mercury
Utility Devices |
Substitution |
60 |
Hazardous Waste |
$1,750 |
$2,500 |
$1,750 |
Approximately
60 pounds of mercury containing devices were removed from Buildings 463 and
490. Savings are based on the cost of
one mercury spill and clean-up event. |
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PCB Oils |
Retrofill |
1,200 |
Hazardous Waste |
$2,850 |
$3,450 |
$2,850 |
Approximately
150 gallons of PCB laden oil was removed from the ATF Klystron. Savings are based on the cost of one PCB
spill and clean-up event. |
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Organic
Solvents |
Substitution |
678 |
Hazardous Waste |
$1,355 |
$36,500 |
$26,000 |
Life
Sciences purchased a Microwave Peptide Synthesizer, which significantly
reduces the amount of hazardous wastes generated and saves approximately 1000
man hours/year. |
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Organic
Solvents |
Purification |
480 |
Hazardous Waste |
$960 |
$24,000 |
$10,915 |
BES
solvent purification system - primary cost saving is in not purchasing new
solvent. |
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Cooling
Water |
Reuse |
80,000 |
Deionized water |
$0 |
$6,000 |
$10,000 |
Closed-Cycle
water recycling system for building 480 melt spinner saves a minimium of
10,000 of ultra-pure water and extends the life expentency on a $100,000
piece of equipment. |
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PCB Oils |
Removal |
3,110 |
Hazardous Waste |
$6,220 |
$10,000 |
$2,850 |
Approximately
300 gallons of pure PCB oil was drained from the transformer and rectifer in
901 (old PET Facility). In addition,
30 PCB capacators and 11 PCB transformers were removed. Savings are based on the cost of one PCB
spill and clean-up event. |
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Mercury
Utility Devices |
Substitution |
40 |
Hazardous Waste |
$2,300 |
$2,500 |
$1,750 |
OMC
replaced their mercury containing equipment with non-mercury containing
equipment. Savings are based on the
cost of one PCB spill and clean-up event. |
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Radioactive
Waste |
Source Reduction |
1,500 |
Radioactive Waste |
$6,000 |
$2,500 |
$6,000 |
Waste Yard
Sorting Table surveying to sort clean waste from radioactive waste |
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Radioactive
Emissions |
Emission Reduction |
0 |
Radioactive Emissions |
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$0 |
Installation
of a shroud to fit over the 16-inch diameter shaft residing within the Hot
Cell of the BLIP, thereby isolating the cooling water from the rapidly moving
air of the exhaust system and allowing radiological decay within the water
system. Slowing the diffusion into the hot cell air will effectively reduce
gaseous emissions into the exhaust stack because these radionuclides have
very short half lives. |
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Radioactive
Waste generated through wet chemistry |
Waste Minimization |
30 |
Mixed waste / Liquid Radioactive Waste |
$17,600 |
$0 |
$22,500 |
Elimination
of mixed waste with a Kinetic Phosphorescence Analyzer (KPA) system for
uranium analysis. Eliminates mixed waste generation, reduces by 90% the
volume of liquid waste, reduces by 90% the amount of radioactive material
handled in the laboratory, minimizes exposure to U by laboratory personnel,
and decreases total labor time by 75%. |
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Radioactive
Waste from labeled chemicals |
Waste Minimization/ Volume Reduction |
0 |
Solid Radioactive Waste |
$2,168 |
$0 |
$2,168 |
Vial
Crusher for glass vials, pipettes, and other glassware |
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Radioactive
and Mixed Wastes from radio-labeled chemicals |
Waste Minimization |
112 |
Mixed Waste |
$27,690 |
$0 |
$27,690 |
microplate
scintillation counter for reduction in mixed waste generation |
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Pump Oil |
Substitution |
51 |
Hazardous Waste / Industrial Waste |
$3,520 |
$0 |
$3,520 |
Replaced
oil-displacement pumps with dry pumps for both laboratory and aircraft
missions. |
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Photographic
Waste |
Substitution |
3,840 |
Hazardous Waste / Industrial Waste |
$7,600 |
$0 |
$16,489 |
This
new photographic processor reduces the amount of chemicals used and waste
generated by up to 80%. |
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Electrophoretic
Mini-Gels |
Microscale Chemical Use |
2,200 |
Hazardous Waste - Lab Pack |
$10,400 |
$0 |
$10,400 |
Minimization
of Silver Waste from Silver-Staining Electrophoretic Mini-Gels. Savings reflect avoided waste disposal
costs and lower material purchase costs ($6000) |
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Hydraulic
Oil |
Product Substitution |
1,000 |
Industrial Waste |
$17,000 |
$0 |
$17,000 |
Retrofit of Garbage Truck
Hydraulics With Steel-braded Hydraulic Lines and a Vegetable Based Hydraulic
Oil. This project will reduce the
number of reportable spills along with the subsequent clean up costs ($15,000). |
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Hydraulic
Oil |
Product Substitution |
3,000 |
Industrial
Waste |
$26,000 |
$0 |
$26,000 |
Retrofit of Hydraulic Lift
Bays in Motor Pool Shop to Vegetable Based Hydraulic Oil. This project minimized the potential for
petroleum based hydraulic oil leaks/spills and subsequent clean up costs
($20,000) |
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Sewage
Sludge |
Volume Reduction |
234,000 |
Radioactive
Waste |
$910,000 |
$0 |
$910,000 |
60,000
gallons of radioactive STP liquid waste could have been disposed of through a
contractor at a cost of $910,000.
Instead, the waste was dried using rolloffs, absorbent and lime and
sent off for disposal via rail cars.
In addition, a second drying bed was built to dry sludge (96% volume
reduction) from the anaerobic sludge digester.. |
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CO2 Snow Cleaning |
Source Reduction |
0 |
Hazardous Waste / Industrial Waste |
$5,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
Equipment purchased to
evaluate CO2 Snow Cleaning for NSLS, Instrumentation and CAD
applications. This project has the
potential to reduce solvent usage (hazwaste), and aqueous cleaning wastes
(industrial waste). Limited success
due to moisture condensation. |
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Film and
other radioisotopic imaging |
Substitution |
300 |
Hazardous Waste / Industrial Waste |
$22,000 |
$0 |
$22,000 |
Replacement
of Film-based Autoradiography and other radioisotopic imaging with a
Phosphor Imager reduced hazardous waste generation by 200 pounds and
industrial waste generation by 100 pounds.
There are additional projected savings in annual supply costs ($3,000)
and labor reduction ($15,000) |
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Digital
Imaging System |
Substitution |
282 |
Hazardous Waste / Radioactive Waste / Industrial Waste |
$25,000 |
$0 |
$25,000 |
Reduction of hazardous (134
lbs), radioactive (80 lbs) and industrial waste (68 lbs) with a digital
imaging system. There are additional
projected savings in annual supply costs ($3,000) and labor reduction ($20,000) |
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Fluorescence-Based
Assay |
Substitution |
200 |
Mixed Waste |
$30,550 |
$0 |
$30,550 |
Development of a
fluorescence-based assay for the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) to
replace current 32P assay |
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Lead Acid
Batteries |
Recycled |
9,800 |
Hazardous Waste |
$19,600 |
$0 |
$19,600 |
Estimate 40
lbs./battery and avoided disposal costs as hazardous waste. |
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Ion
Exchange wastewater |
Source Reduction |
1250 |
Hazardous and Sanitary Wastewater |
$2,500 |
$100 |
$2,400 |
Prefilters
were added to the deionization system to polish make up water entering the
ion exchange system. This extended the useful life of the ion exchange
resins, requiring less frequent regeneration. The regeneration process
generates hazardous and sanitary wastewaters. |
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Tritium
Exit Signs |
Source Reduction |
568 |
Mixed Waste |
$119,280 |
$10,650 |
$108,630 |
Removed 142
tritium exit signs from service and returned to the manufacturer . Replaced
with energy efficient light emitting diode (LED) signs. Project reduced risk
of tritium gas release and avoided disposal as mixed waste (70 ft3). |
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Cooling
Water |
Reuse |
34,850 |
Radioactive Waste |
$80,155 |
$0 |
$80,155 |
Approximately
18,000 gallons (153,000 lbs) of cooling water was reused in the main magnet
cooling water system, avoiding disposal as radioactive waste water. |
Mel's number |
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Short
Half-life waste |
Decay in Storage |
627 |
Radioactive Waste |
$1,499 |
$0 |
$1,499 |
Short
half-life isotopes, particularly phosphorus-32 and phosphorus-33, are
frequently used in life sciences experiments. Wastes generated from these
operations (10 ft3)were managed in accordance with BNL decay-in-storage
requirements, rendering the wastes eligible for volumetric release. |
Steve's Number |
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Oily Waste
Water |
Source Reduction |
6,240 |
Industrial Waste |
$20,280 |
$0 |
$20,280 |
This
project, funded by the pollution prevention council during calendar year
2001, installed automatic oil-water separators on compressor blowdown
stations. These units capture the oily discharge and save significant labor
hours compared to the previous system.
Labor savings is estimated at $7800/yr. |
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Lubricating
Oil |
Energy Recovery |
8,000 |
Industrial Waste |
$16,500 |
$500 |
$16,500 |
Approximately
1,000 gallons of lubricating oils were collected, tested for suitable for use
as waste oil fuel, and used for energy production at the Central Steam
Facility. Cost of analysis is estimated at $500. The fuel use savings are estimated at $.50/gallon |
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Cooling
Tower Chemicals |
Source Reduction |
6,375 |
Industrial Waste |
$15,000 |
$0 |
$15,000 |
Ozone water
treatment units were installed on cooling towers at two RHIC experiments to
provide biological control of cooling water. These systems eliminate the need
for water treatment chemicals (typically toxic biocides), save labor, and
reduce analytical costs for monitoring cooling tower blowdown. Savings are
estimated at $15,000/yr. |
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Hydraulic
Oil |
Source Reduction |
6,000 |
Industrial Waste |
$33,000 |
$0 |
$33,000 |
During
calendar year 2001, a project (funded by the pollution prevention council)
replaced hydraulic lines on heavy equipment with steel braided lines and
replaced the petroleum based hydraulic oils with bio-based vegetable oils.
Hydraulic line breaks were responsible for a significant number of reportable
spills and costly response and clean-up. This project reduced the frequency
of spills and resulting response and clean-up costs. The vegetable based oil
is biodegradable and subject to fewer reporting requirements. Avoided
disposal costs are based on 6000 lbs of industrial waste and savings from reduced response and clean-up
costs are estimated at $33,000. |
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Blasocut
Machining Coolant |
Recycled/Reused |
51,600 |
Industrial Waste |
$103,200 |
$0 |
$115,500 |
Central
Shops Division operates a recycling system that reclaims Blasocut machining
coolant and supplies it labwide. 6450 gallons (51,600 lbs.) of Blasocut
lubricant were recycled in 2004. Recycling involves aeration, centrifuge, and
filtration. Avoids cost of disposal as industrial waste plus an avoided cost
of procurement of 6 drums of concentrate ($800/drum) and 130 drums for waste
($50/drum). Cost of recycle is estimated to be the same as cost of
procurement and preparation of proper dilution for use. |
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Used Motor
Oil |
Energy Recovery |
30,880 |
Industrial Waste |
$65,660 |
$0 |
$65,660 |
Used motor
oil from the motor pool and the on-site gas station is picked for free up by
Strebel's Laundry Service and used to fire their waste oil dryers. During calendar year 2004 4655 gallons of
oil were picked avoiding cost for disposal and 78 drums for shipping
($50/drum) |
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Office
Paper |
Recycled |
370,000 |
Sanitary Waste |
$16,650 |
$0 |
$16,650 |
Estimate
$90/ton for disposal as trash. |
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Cardboard |
Recycled |
358,000 |
Sanitary Waste |
$16,110 |
$0 |
$16,110 |
Estimate
$90/ton for disposal as trash. |
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Scrap Metal |
Recycled |
256,000 |
Sanitary Waste |
$11,520 |
$0 |
$11,520 |
Estimate
$90/ton for disposal as trash. |
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Bottles/Cans |
Recycled |
44,000 |
Sanitary Waste |
$1,980 |
$0 |
$1,980 |
Estimate
$90/ton for disposal as trash. |
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Construction
Debris |
Recycled |
734,000 |
Sanitary Waste |
$16,515 |
$0 |
$16,515 |
Estimate
$45/ton for disposal as trash. |
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TOTALS |
2,250,783 |
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$1,666,432 |
$99,700 |
$1,717,431 |
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* Cost savings of Projects funded by the BNL Pollution
Prevention Council will be carried on the tracking system for three years |
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putressible waste / ton |
90.00 |
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hazardous waste / pound |
2.00 |
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industrial waste / pound |
2.00 |
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Labpack / pound |
16.60 |
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radioactive liquid / pound |
2.30 |
20 dollars per gallon per
Ed Richards on 2/28/05 |
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sewage sludge / drum |
n/a |
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non-compactible LLW / ft3 |
149.90 |
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compactible LLW / ft3 |
88.75 |
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high activity LLW / ft3 |
n/a |
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mixed waste / ft3 |
210.00 |
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